Protecting-strip for match and other boxes.



A. J. HALLER.

PBOTEOTING STRIP FOB MATCH AND OTHER BOXES.

APYLIOATION FILED Nov. 21, 191s.

THE NORRIS PEYERS CD., PHOTO-LITNQ.y WASHING 10N. t?v

ADAE/I J. HALLER, 0F `WNALDSVILVORCDil", GHIO, ASSI-GHOR T 'lfr'l OHIOMATCH COMPANY, OF XVADSWORIH, Oli-HG, L CRPORAIIXN' 023' OHIO.

Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed November 21, 1913.

Serial No. 802,283.

To di io/10my it may concern le it known that l'. Amit J. llamen, aitil/.en of the United States, re:'-.;i ,ling g` at liladso'crth, in thecoiilnty oi.t ..7`le-',lina and State of Ohio, have invented a certainnew and useful lmprovement i'i ,Jrotecting- Strips 'tor lvlfatch andother loxes, oi which the following is a tall, clear, and exactdescrii'ition.

ilhis 'inventioil relates to a protecting strip to be applied overarticles within a box, so as to prevent the escape ot' the contents oitthe box, and lyet adniit o'lf the withdrawal of the individual articleswithout removing the strips; the invention being," primarily designedttor use in a match box of the type Where the matches are contained ina. tray 'that is to be .inclosed or covered by a slide or shack.

rihe inveiitiol'i herein shown and will be exlfilained in connectionwith a match box oi' the character last mentioned, although theinvention is not limited to its use in connection with matches, but isapplicable to other boxed articles than matches.

The invention consists oil? a protecting,r strip for match and otherboxes, constrncteifl to completely cover the contents of the box tromside to side and end to end, exceptingr 'for a. portion oit' one sidewhere the. strip is so 'termed as to expose snllicient ot the con-`tents to enable a person to remove the contents piece by piece, Withoutremoving or substantially distilrbingrg the protecting strip, as l Willproceed new to explain and then claim.

in the aceonnianying.,r drawings illufntratine; the invention, in theseveral liig'ores of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure1l is a perspective VView oit a common form 0l shnclr and tray matchbox, the shack and tray being detached, the tray being; shown as filledVwith matches, and the protectingl strip ot' this invention applied.lligr. i2 is a perspective View ot' the protectinjj; strip detached.Fig. il a top plan View ot a filled tray with the protecting strip inplace, and one ot' 'the 'matches in process ot being' removed. Fig'. elshows in plan View a number of ifirotectiop,- strips and alsoillustrates an econon'iical method oit forming` these strips from astrip of card board or equivalent material.

The tray l and shock 2 may be oi any approval ctmstruction, and thematches 3 are arranged in the tray in any usual Way, it beine,`clistonniry in the best practice to arrange the matches with the headset in one direction, so that their handle ends 5 may be exposedtogether.

lt is old in the art to apply a protecting strip to matches arranged ina tray, and sach protecting.,Y strip is usually a strip of cardboard orboxboard or other equivalent material of about one-halt the width of thetray, and having; its ends bent at right angles so as to be tucked inthe ends oE the box between sia-h ends and the contents, but tl :se1n'otecting` strips leave not only the handle ends oil. the matchesexposed, but also the heads of the matches, the main purpose ot' suchnarrow strips boingto retain the matches while the tray is being?,rinserted in the shack; and it is likewise customary forthe users in thefirst instance to remove the protecting strip and throw 1t away. It hasalso been proposed to use a protecting` strip `that will coversubstantially the whole contents ot' the box. and which is designednotto be removed, bnt. in order to get at the .contents ot` the box, itnecessary eitherto move or more or less entirely removey such strip.

The present invention is designed to provide a protecting strip whichwill cover substantially thc entire contents ot the box, and moreparticnlarly tho heads oi" the matches in the box, while exposing`snllicient of the contents ot' the box to make such contents accessibleAt'or inmoral, without distnrbin, ,er the strip. For this purpose theprotecting strip is made oi any suitable comparatively stili' material,ot' substantially the length and width olf the box, and has end flangesT o't .f-:uticient length to be tucked in between the ends ot' the boxand the contents to luild the strip in place. and the sides oi' theseflanges are beveled at S to Jfacilitate the insertion o ll the flangesbetween the ends o'l the box and the contents ot the box. A portion olone side ol the strip is cnt away as l t SL so as to expose sntticientet' the contents-1 o'l the box to permit the user to remore, suchcontents without disturbing' the protecting strip. This operation isillustrated in detail in l1`ig. 3 in which it will be .ifatented Ang'.t, 1914.

seen that the cut away portion 9 does not extend the full length of thestrip, lont is formed between the ends, so as to leave the fultwidth endportions 10, and these end portions serve to hold the strip againsttransverse displacement while not interfering in the least with theusers access to the contents of the box, so as to remove such contentspiece by piece or article b y article.

rlfhe shape ot the cnt out portion is immaterial, but its curvilinearcontour shown will best preserve its integrity' in use.

The protecting strip completely fills the top of the box from end to endand from side to side, excepting for the cut out portion, and it solills the top that it cannot be displaced accidentally, and cannot workout of place; it also covers the heads of the matches and always exposesthe handle ends of the matches, so that not only may the matches beremoved from the box one by one, but it would be difficult for a personto grab a handful of matches from a box. lThe strip also prevents thespilling of the matches or` contents of thebox, when the box is handledroughly.

Veis indicated in Fig. a, these protecting strips may be economicallyvout from a l straight blank .with a minimum of waste,

and the strip may be printed appropriately, the portions of the stripbetween the lines l1 serving to receive any desired advertisement orother printed matter. lt will be oloserved also that the only waste inblanking out the strips is at the points 12, where the beveling of theends Z is done. The strips are severed on the lines 13 at the bottoms ofthe flanges, and also severed along the lines let, and each strip isscored along the transverse dotted lines l5, on which dotted lines thefianges are bent,

lVhat i claim is l. A protecting strip for match and other boxes, of alength and width substantially coincident with the length and Width ofthe box and thereby held from lateral displacement, and having endflanges adapted to be interposed between the contents and the ends ofthe box, and having a cnt away portion at one side sufficiently large toexpose a pnrtion of some of the contents to render such contentsaccessible.

l protectinf` strip for match and other boxes, of a length and widthsubstantially coincident. with the length and width of the box, so aspositively and at all times to cover the underlying contents of the boxand havend flanges adapted to be interposed between the contents and theends of the box, and havinga cut away portion at'one side suviiicientlylarge to expose a portion of some of the contents to render suchcontents accessible, the end flanges having beveled edges to facilitatethe insertion of the strip.

A protecting strip for match boxes, of substantially the lengthand.width of the inside of the box, and having end flanges adapted to beinserted between the matches and the ends of the box, and having oneside cut away between its ends so as to expose the handle ends of thematches and leave end portions at opposite ends of the cut away vportionoit the full width of the box, the `strip .serving to cover the heads ofthe matches at all times when within the box.

In testimony whereof l haveherennto set my hand this 18th day of Nov.,A. l). 1913.

ADAM J. HALLER.

l.Witnesses H. C. Gnoss, A. M. BECK.

Gopics of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

